Summer 2020 Free Expression Programs Internship
PEN America’s Free Expression Programs department is seeking several motivated interns or volunteers to support our work defending and promoting free expression and supporting writers at risk in the… More
An Open Letter from Over 50 NGOs and Individuals to the UAE Authorities
As the Hay Festival Abu Dhabi opens in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), we the undersigned call on the Emirati authorities to demonstrate their respect for the right to… More
PEN Out Loud Talks: Ken Liu and Andrew Marantz
“The freedom to tell the stories we want to tell is sacred. We do not live in a world in which we are free to exercise that right; I… More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Brandon Taylor
“Nothing is ever as it appears in fiction, I think. It’s almost always a composite of different truths.” More
When Diversity and Inclusion Clash with Free Speech—and Why they Don’t Have To
Jonathan Friedman discusses three cases where the principles of diversity, inclusion, and free speech have come into conflict. More
Five Ways Political Campaigns Can Combat Online Disinformation in 2020
As the 2020 election approaches, disinformation tactics from both domestic and foreign actors are already underway. The intelligence community warned in late 2019 that foreign efforts have only grown… More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Paul Yoon
"Nothing else can do what stories can do for me: they are vast, elastic, personal, intimate—it’s all there." More
In Washington, D.C., Oleg Sentsov Advocates for Release of Ukrainian Political Prisoners
“Hundreds remain held in inhumane, impossible conditions in Russia and the occupied territories. Most of these prisoners are Crimean-Tatars put in jail for no reason other than their vocal… More
Campus at a Crossroads: Free Speech, Truth, and Democracy in an Election Year
What is the responsibility of universities with regard to the pursuit of truth, the protection of free expression, and the advancement of diversity and inclusion? And how can universities… More
2020 PEN America Corporate Honoree: Frank A. Bennack, Jr.
Frank A. Bennack, Jr., executive vice chairman of Hearst is the 2020 PEN America Corporate Honoree. More
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A prominent Tanzanian journalist arrested in July was released on Monday after pleading guilty to financial crimes in a case that critics had said was politically motivated. Rights groups saw the case as part of a pattern of tighter control on the media.
https://reut.rs/2PkNU4S
President Daniel Ortega barred La Prensa (@laprensa), the oldest newspaper in Nicaragua, from accessing newsprint and ink after they covered anti-government protests that erupted in 2018 and were brutally repressed by police. https://lat.ms/2ST0tXq
Journalist Margaret Sullivan (@Sulliview) has written an op-ed on the importance of the media reporting powerfully and precisely in the Trump era "to take a stand for democracy": https://wapo.st/2PkJVW1.